The Author Randolph Gorvie in White Top With Standard Times Online Editor David Mahdi Koroma

Politicians and others including social scientists and government bureaucrats entrusted with the responsibility to research, plan and formulate governmental policies in support of carrying out programming initiatives and service delivery strategies, will ready admit the inherent difficulties in formulating

Was it prearranged or was it as I would prefer to phrase it, a God-incidence? Whichever way the anonymous articles in the Standard Times newspaper and that by Sorie Fofana of the Global Times newspaper, both in their last Tuesday editions respectively have set the tone for the unmasking of what I have always believed to be a falsehood. It has to do with the scheming and craftiness of President Koroma’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Zainab Bangura.Both authors have written with insight and candour that are uncommon in Sierra Leone journalism

It is becoming clearer in every day light that the need for over one million Dr. Denis Sandis in Sierra Leone government is important. The shameless-audacity and boldness of the Minister of Lands, Housing, Country Planning and the Environment; Dr. Denis Sandi to name Members of the House of Representatives

John Benjamin....USA Is Not Kailahun's Court Barray

The hue and cry in Sierra Leone over the past couple of weeks by some supporters and media alliance group of Mr. John Benjamin, Chairman of the opposition could be seen as absurd and futile. The picture portrayed about what transpired at the Washington Dulles Airport and the United States Embassy in Freetown was blown out of what the sane mind could imagine

Old And Scrufty Sama Banya

One would want to ignore Dr. Sama Banya, the incompetent and washed-up medical practitioner, who has spent the better part of his life destroying his very people in the Kailahun District, but because he lacks shame and  disrespect decent politics and a strong believer in the concept of gossip, which is the main weapon he has been using over the years to destroy the credibility of politicians of the two oldest political parties he had served, it is necessary to bring to the public domain the true character of this old and twisted creature.

As indicated in yesterday’s edition that for the past couple of weeks this writer has refused to countenance his numerous articles published in the local tabloids and the new people online because of several reasons ranging from consideration of old age, which to him is not respected and for the sake of the human race. Really, this individual whose appearance is not different from an ape when he makes public appearance needs to be told of his past, how he used political power to suppress his Kailahun brothers and sisters and how he has reached his level of incompetence, but failing to realize it because of his figment of imagination.

Under the late ex-president Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh, this fragile and redundant creature was instrumental in most of the atrocities perpetuated in the Kailahun District. One would hardly believe that he could have defied political decency because of rejection by his people to levy untold hardship on them. The late Bambay Kamara, former Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police would never forget how he was used by Dr. Sama Banya to detain sixty three innocent people from Kailahun, including the young Lamin Ngobeh who was dragged to Freetown and detained at the Kissy Police Station and also Isata Ngobeh.

Bambay was unable to hide his guilt after investigation, when he discovered that the detainees were innocent people, whose political and human rights were being trampled upon because of poverty and remoteness. He had this to say when he assembled them at the Criminal Investigation Department “…I was misled and I begged for forgiveness, Dr. Banya did not explain the truth to the police, but after investigation we have discovered that the allegation levied against you is not true, you can now go home and meet your families “They left in a very disappointed and frustrated mood, but even with this public apology, Dr. Banya did not show any remorse and continued to pursue his people.

Leadership in the belief and conviction of some nations and individuals comes from God. It is something destined by the Supreme Being for certain individuals to clinch during their life time on planet earth. An extension to this belief is that if leadership comes from God, endorsement is from the people who are the subjects of the leader. 

Lawyer Jenkins Johnston (sr) has been briefed about the unlawful and conspiratorial action adopted by Haja Afsatu Kabbah and Mrs. Maude Peacock against the Deputy General Manager, Mr. Patrick Tarawallie. The action to relieve him of his official function is considered procedurally wrong and illegal as several protocols were neglected by Haja Asfatu Kabbah and her Chairperson, Mrs. Maude Peacock.

It is not the purpose f this piece to denigrate the numerous contributions to internal security and professionalism of the vast majority of the approximately nine thousand police officers in the country, even though an over zealous minority are allegedly predisposed to maltreating some media practitioners. Again, an over bearing minority have, also, been alleged to take sides in political matters to the point of, contributing to the creation of an environment of internal instability of the